California and the U.S.
The latest news and analysis covering water issues in Caliornia and the rest of the United States.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
OPINION: President Obama Should Veto This Harmful Water Bill
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa)As feared, Sen. Dianne Feinstein has cut a deal with Congressional Republicans on legislation that will take much-needed water from Northern California’s fragile waterways — and its vulnerable fish — and hand it over to farmers and businesses in the Central Valley. To make matters worse, the deal was attached to a politically popular bill […]
Big Storm Hits California, Chopper Saves Homeless and Dogs
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Associated Press as published by ABC Newsby John Antczak and Kristin J. BenderA pre-winter storm drenched California with rain and dumped nearly three feet of snow to help bolster the vital Sierra Nevada snowpack but also triggered mud flows, street flooding and the dramatic rescue Friday of two homeless women and 10 dogs from a river island near Los Angeles. With thousands of acres of wildfire burn […]
Problems in California Complicate Negotiations To Boost Sinking Lake Mead
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Las Vegas Review-Journalby Henry BreanA multistate agreement aimed at shoring up Lake Mead can’t be finished until California finds a way to solve two major, long-simmering environmental fights. That was the message from top water managers Thursday gathered in Las Vegas for the annual conference of the Colorado River Water Users Association. For the past 18 months, Nevada, California […]
OPINION: Congress Drops Ball On Basin Water Plan
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Yakima Herald (Wash.)Hope blossomed last spring in Washington, D.C., when federal money appeared headed to the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan. Sadly, with the approach of winter, those hopes have been put on ice, at least for this year. Back in April, largely through the bipartisan efforts of Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, the […]
Fake Sales, Changing Banks And California’s Latest Water Fight
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Tribune (San Luis Obispo)by Phil DirkxI have three topics today: 1. Discounted prices may be mythical. 2. Banks are changeable. 3. In California, “Whiskey’s for drinking and water’s for fighting,” as the old adage goes. First, the mythical discounts: Last week, the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office sued four major department stores for allegedly issuing misleading advertising. They are JCPenney, Sears, Kohl’s, and […]
OPINION: Protect Salmon, Drinking Water, And The San Francisco Bay-Delta
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicleby John McManusScience tells us the world is experiencing a sixth extinction. For California, one of the most environmentally aware places on the planet, to give up on protecting our salmon runs, upon which tens of thousands of jobs depend, rather than conserve and recycle water, would not just be a disaster for salmon communities, it would […]